Chicago Film Archives is a recipient of the 2016 MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions!

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Chicago Film Archives is a regional film archive dedicated to identifying, collecting, preserving and providing access to films that represent the Midwest. Our purpose is to serve institutions and filmmakers of this region and elsewhere by establishing a repository for institutional and private film collections; serve a variety of cultural, academic and artistic communities by making the films available locally, nationally, and internationally for exhibition, research, and production; and serve our culture by restoring and preserving films that are rare or not in existence elsewhere.

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CFA Staff Position Search: Client Services Director – Chicago Film Archives, a small and independent regional film archive, is seeking a dedicated, organized and public-friendly person to join our full-time staff as a Client Services Director. Read More